{"id":1270,"date":"2021-02-23T17:34:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T23:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2021-02-23T17:34:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T23:34:42","slug":"aalap-continues-his-journey-at-the-crop-biotechnology-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/2021\/02\/23\/aalap-continues-his-journey-at-the-crop-biotechnology-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Aalap continues his journey at the Crop Biotechnology Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-columns ab-layout-service-3 ab-layout-columns-2 ab-2-col-equal ab-columns-center aligncenter\" style=\"padding-right:5%;padding-left:5%\"><div class=\"ab-layout-column-wrap ab-block-layout-column-gap-5 ab-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:2000px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-column ab-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"ab-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/02\/20210208_110954-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1271 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-column ab-block-layout-column ab-is-vertically-aligned-center\"><div class=\"ab-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">In January, Aalap started working as a research assistant in the Crop Biotechnology Laboratory headed by <a href=\"http:\/\/ufrfprofessors.feed.research.ufl.edu\/ufrf_professors\/altpeter-fredy\/\">Dr. Fredy Altpeter<\/a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">He is applying modern genome editing strategies, including CRISPR-Cas9, to develop sorghum varieties better suited for use as bioenergy and biofuel feedstock. This experience will allow him to pursue his interests in plant biotechnology and breeding.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-member-features"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/02\/20210208_110954-scaled-e1614122844246-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/02\/20210208_110954-scaled-e1614122844246-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Mirna Damergi","author_link":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/author\/mirna-damergi\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1270"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1275,"href":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270\/revisions\/1275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/noskovlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}